How to Use rarefied in a Sentence

rarefied

adjective

• It's difficult to breathe in the rarefied air near the mountain's peak.
• The win clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title, putting this team in rarefied air.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2023
• The film presents this as simply the way things are among a certain rarefied sliver of the Hong Kong elite.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 July 2023
• Perhaps no object in the art world is more rarefied than a Fabergé egg.
  — Stu Woo and Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
• But on June 15 and 16, the legendary street will become one of the world’s most rarefied parking lots.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 16 June 2022
• But even in the rarefied air of triathlon, the privileges of Ironman XC can be a sore subject.
  — Devin Gordon, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
• At its rarefied best, tavern-style defies the laws of physics with crunch and flavor.
  — Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
• Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
• The screenplay was written with a very rarefied dialect in mind.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Aug. 2021
• That placed Baric in rarefied air: a scapegoat for politicians in both the U.S. and China.
  — Dan Werb, Time, 11 July 2023
• But even among that rarefied bunch, Mosehla cuts a distinct profile.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• Collectors of the Swiss watch brand Greubel Forsey breathe the industry’s most rarefied air.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022
• By reaching the 60-home run plateau alone, Judge entered rarefied air in baseball.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• This will happen high above the Gulf of Mexico in the rarefied air of the upper atmosphere.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
• What’s more, the thief seemed to have a strong grasp of the rarefied world of international publishing.
  — Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
• Just like that, they were catapulted into the rarefied world of fine art.
  — Sandra Upson, Wired, 11 Nov. 2021
• At this rate, buildings in this rarefied market will average about a decade to sell out.
  — Curbed, 13 Nov. 2023
• In contrast to the rarefied airs of a formal auction house, anyone has a chance to have their object appraised.
  — Stephen Lurie, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2021
• The greatest hits are here, but so are movies that are unlikely to be included in more rarefied canons.
  — New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• That’s a far cry from taking hold of the UCLA job as a freshman and lifting the program to the rarefied heights expected out of a five-star recruit.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• That's a rarefied group consisting, even three seasons in, of just one name: Marienne.
  — Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 27 Oct. 2021
• In the insular, rarefied world of Succession, there are a few girl bosses who reign supreme.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• The glass walls that divide the rarefied air are so pristine that at one point earlier in the day, Lynda had walked right into one with a thud.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2022
• If the London store was a glittering scene, the Manhattan boutique was more like a rarefied mom and pop store, as Collins put it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• Up in the rarefied air of the ultra-high-end real estate segment, the market slowdown has hit with a major thud.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
• The problem is for a sea level team heading into the mountains, the body needs two or three weeks to fully acclimate to the rarefied air.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• This is a first for the brand, a rarefied expression in terms of price and actual amount of liquid that went into this release.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
• From one of the most rarefied settings in New York, Whitman denounced the political elite.
  — Miguel Morales, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Chaucer would have been equally aware of the circumstances of working women at a less rarefied level.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• Jennifer Lee and Irene Mecchi are part of an extremely rarefied club.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024